Iceland flag has a blue background on which there is a white cross and within the white cross there is a red cross. This
national flag of
Iceland was
officially adopted on 17th June in the year 1944 when
Iceland got the standard of an independent republic.
Flag of Iceland has an interesting
history of itself.
Flag has been changed many a times due to the rules of Denmark and several other reasons. The present
flag of Iceland has been in use unofficially since 1913.
Iceland flag has set rules and laws regarding various aspects related to the
national flag and also the
Coat Of Arms. There have been several
coat of arms before the present
national coat of arms of
Iceland. The present
coat of arms has a shield on which there is a sliver cross with a red cross within it. The background is blue. On president's
flag in Iceland this
coat of arms can be seen.
The use of the
national flag of Iceland has been defined in
Law No. 34 which describes the various
official flag days on which the flag has to be hoisted. This
law states that misuse of any kind of the
flag is punishable. According to the
flag law the
official flag days are,
- Iceland's president's Birthday
- New Year's Day
- Good Friday
- Easter
- The First Day Of Summer
- May 1
- Pentecost
- Sailor's Day
- June 17
- December 1 and
- Christmas Day
Apart from the civil
flag of Iceland there are nine
governmental flags and two
royal flags in
Iceland.
